Catching Up-from 10/10-12-Women's Retreat!

So I went to my very 1st Women's Retreat in October! It was at Spring Hill, in Evart, Michigan and it was AMAZING!!!!
My friend Emily invited me to go along with her & a few other people she knew and we had a blast! I ended up knowing quite a few people there too.
The weather turned out to be a perfect low to mid 70's each day! We didn't sleep a lot, but we learned, giggled, and ate a ton! It was super fun!
Spring Hill is a fabulous facility! They have everything organized and set up extremely well, I was very impressed and had the best time.
Below are some photos I want to share with you!

This was our welcome in the eating area! Isn't that nice!?!

Here was Emily, Susan, Mary & my room (Virgina), in Freedom Hall. Man, top bunks are not as fun as I use to think they were! LOL!

Here is my adorable friend Emily with our AWESOME speaker, Liz Curtis-Higgs! She is SO amazing and SO real/down to earth, I totally love her and I really learned a lot from Liz. Ta-dah!

Here is Jennifer (Erin's friend), Erin (who I actually went to high school with!) and me.

This is Susan (Emily's friend), Emily, and Heidi (Erin's friend).

Spring Hill has a plethora of activities you can participate in (in addition to the learning and praise times). Here is a really high Rock Climbing Wall and you can be sure I was certainly not anywhere near that thing! Yikes, way too scary for me!

Just some of the other activities that are offered at Spring Hill are: swimming, game room, nature hikes, bon-fires, zip lines, shopping, horse back riding, shooting, kayaking, archery, etc.

Emily and I went horseback riding together and here she is on Red! Aren't they adorable together!?!?!? I think so!

Here is me with Bold and his name fit too! I had a super fun time, but I am really glad I know how to handle horses (at least a little), as he was stubborn and did not want to follow the trail, but I still love him!

This is Jennifer Stanley and she led our praise & worship time for the entire weekend! She did a great job & is such a sweetie!

I took a walk around just 1 small area of Spring Hill called, Copper Country, and came across a pond with these gorgeous colors on the trees and reflecting in the water. It was breathtaking. I spent quite a while here just enjoying the warm sun and beautiful view. I also called Andrew & our Emily while I was relaxing here and they were just on their way back from eating at Famous Dave's! They love that place, and were having a fun weekend of their own.

The Spring Hill staff performed a few pretty powerful skits prior to our learning times. This one was set to that song by Leona Lewis called "Bleeding Love". They did such a fantastic job, I have never seen such a powerful skit ever! WOW!

Well that wraps up my conference weekend! What a fun and terrific time! If you ever have the chance to go to Spring Hill or to see Liz Curtis-Higgs in person, I strongly recommend both! You will love them!

By the way Liz writes that series on "Bad Girls of the Bible". I have not read any of them yet, but I want to. If you have, please let me know what you think/thought?

Thank you for viewing my photos! Have a wonderful day!!!!!